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receives the Phoenicians, lies the city Dan, formerly so named from the tribe of Dan, when for no short time they alone of the whole nation were wandering, and at last having taken possession of the places there, they were established with difficulty, and having built a city on their highest mountains, they gave it the name of their tribal leader, and this was the furthest border of Judea toward Phoenicia. This city, Herod the Great rebuilt a long time after, and renamed it Caesarea Philippi, but now it is called Paneas; for having set up a statue of Pan in it, they changed the name of the city to this. In this Paneas one of the two sources of the Jordan is born, being called Dan even now from its old name; for the other, which is called Ior, a certain hill of the same mountain sends forth far from it, about 160 stadia; from each of which a river flows, the one called Iorates, the other Danites; which, having been carried through the mountain, when they descend into the plain, there they now come together and form one very great river, the Jordan, mixing at the same time both their stream and their name; which passes through the lake of Tiberias, cutting it in the middle, and flowing through the whole of it in its own course until it falls upon the opposite land, being equal to itself and very similar; and from there now having been carried through Palestine, it all falls into the so-called Dead Sea and disappears.” 11 Cod. Par. 1630: The river Jordan is so called because of the mixing together of two, both Ior and Dan. At which time also Melchizedek was known, a pious man, descended from the race of Sidus, son of Aegyptus, king of Libya; who, having become a priest and king of the Canaanites, built a city on the mountain called Sion, and having called it Jerusalem, which is city of peace, he reigned in it for 113 years, as Josephus relates. (2) At this time two cities were destroyed, Sodom and Gomorrah, when divine fire broke down upon them, because they were insolent to the strangers passing by. 3. Abraham begot Isaac by Sarah and Ishmael by the handmaid Hagar; from whom both Saracens and Ishmaelites are named. Isaac begot Jacob, who was called Israel, and Esau, from whom Isaurians and Israelites were renamed. Jacob begot 12 sons; from these the present tribes of Israel and the race of priests were demonstrated, and those formerly called Hebrews were then named Jews. 4. At which time Hesiod, a wise man, was known among the Greeks, who translated the Assyrian letters into the Greek tongue. Then also in the land of the Carians there was a certain man named Endymion, who through mystical prayers wished to learn the name of God from the moon, and having learned it through a dream, he died. And there is a myth up to the present day, that his remains are moved throughout the land of the Carians. The myth says that he is loved by the Moon. 5. And Jacob went into Egypt to his son Joseph who had become great. Joseph, having reached 100 years, passed from this life. And Levi begot Abrakaad, and he Amra, and he Moses and Aaron. And there are 505 years from Abraham to Moses, and 4204 years from Adam to Moses. And Moses, having been taken up by the daughter of Pharaoh, was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and having become 80 years old he departed from Egypt, having gathered the Israelites, being not less than 600 thousand, after 36 years, and he went through the Red Sea carrying also the bones of Joseph; and having philosophized with the people for 40 years, he died at 120 years of age, leaving Joshua the son of Nun as his successor; who, having taught the people for 27 years, died, being 110 years of age. Next, the judges ruled Israel. 12 Exc. Salmas.: The rulers of the nations, being pursued by Joshua the son of Nun, and not being received by the Egyptians, having moved to the land of the Africans, wrote an inscription: “We are

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Φοινίκων ἐκδέχεται, κεῖται πόλις ∆ὰν ὀνομασθεῖσα πρότερον ἐκ τῆς τοῦ ∆ὰν φυλῆς, ὁπηνίκα χρόνον ἐπ' οὐκ ὀλίγον οὗτοι δὴ μόνοι τοῦ παντὸς ἔθνους πλανώμενοι, τελευταῖον τὰ ταύτῃ κατασχόντες χωρία, μόγις ἱδρύνθησαν, καὶ πόλιν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄκροις αὐτῶν ὄρεσι δειμάμενοι, τὴν τοῦ φυλάρχου σφῶν ἐπέθηκαν κλῆσιν, καὶ τοῦτο ἦν τῆς Ἰουδαίας ὁ ἔσχατος πρὸς Φοινίκην ὅρος. Ταύτην χρόνῳ ὕστερον Ἡρώδης ὁ μέγας οἰκοδομήσας, Καισάρειαν Φιλίππου μετωνόμασε, νῦν δὲ Πανεάς ἐστι καλουμένη· τὸ γὰρ Πανὸς ἐν ταύτῃ βρέτας στησάμενοι, εἰς τοῦτο τὴν τῆς πόλεως ἔτρεψαν προσηγορίαν. Ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ Πανεάδι τῶν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου πηγῶν ἡ ἑτέρα τίκτεται, δυοῖν οὐσῶν, ∆ὰν ἐκ τοῦ παλαιοῦ ὀνόματος ἔτι καὶ νῦν ὀνομαζομένη· τὴν γὰρ ἑτέραν, ἥτις Ἰὸρ ἐπικαλεῖται, πόρρωθεν αὐτῆς ὡς ἀπὸ σταδίων ρξʹ, κόλωνός τις τοῦ αὐτοῦ προΐησιν ὄρους· ὧν ἐξ ἑκατέρας προχεῖται ποταμὸς, ὁ μὲν Ἰοράτης, ὁ δὲ ∆ανίτης ἐπικαλούμενος· οἳ διὰ τοῦ ὄρους ἐνεχθέντες, ἐπειδὴ καταβαῖεν εἰς τὸ πεδίον, ἐνταῦθα ἤδη ξυνίασιν καὶ ἕνα μέγιστον ἀποτελοῦσι ποταμὸν τὸν Ἰορδάνην, ἐν ταὐτῷ ἤδη τό τε ῥεῦμα καὶ τὴν προσηγορίαν κιρνάμενοι· ὃς τὴν τῆς Τιβεριάδος διέξεισι λίμνην μέσην τέμνων αὐτὴν, καὶ δι' ὅλης αὐτῆς ἐν τῷ οἰκείῳ ὁλκῷ ῥεόμενος μέχρις ἂν ἐπὶ τὴν κατέναντι ἐκπέσειε γῆν, ἶσος αὐτὸς αὑτῷ καὶ παραπλήσιος ὤν· κἀντεῦθεν ἤδη διὰ τῆς Παλαιστίνης ἐνεχθεὶς, ἅπας εἰς τὴν νεκρὰν καλουμένην εἰσπεσὼν ἀφανίζεται θάλασσαν.» 11 Cod. Par. 1630: Ἰορδάνης δὲ ποταμὸς οὕτω λέγεται διὰ τὸ συμμίγνυσθαι δύο ἅμα, Ἰόρ τε καὶ ∆άνην. Καθ' ὃν δὴ χρόνον καὶ Μελχισεδὲκ ἐγνωρίζετο, ἀνὴρ εὐσεβὴς, καταγόμενος ἐκ γένους Σίδου, υἱοῦ Αἰγύπτου βασιλέως τῆς Λιβύης· ὅστις γενόμενος ἱερεὺς καὶ βασιλεὺς τῶν Χαναναίων ἔκτισε πόλιν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ λεγομένῳ Σιὼν, καὶ καλέσας αὐτὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν εἰρήνης πόλις, ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν αὐτῇ ἔτη ριγʹ, καθὼς Ἰώσηπος ἱστορεῖ. (2) Κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον ἀπώλοντο δύο πόλεις, Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα θείου πυρὸς καταρραγέντος ἐπ' αὐτὰς, διότι τοὺς παριόντας ἐνύβριζον ξένους. 3. Ἀβραὰμ δὲ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰσαὰκ ἐκ τῆς Σάρρας καὶ τὸν Ἰσμαὴλ ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης τῆς Ἄγαρ· ἐξ ὧν Σαρακηνοί τε καὶ Ἰσμαηλῖται προσαγορεύονται. Ἰσαὰκδὲ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰακὼβ, τὸν κληθέντα Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ τὸν Ἠσαὺ, ἀφ' οὗ Ἴσαυροι καὶ Ἰσραηλῖται μετωνομάσθησαν. Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς ιβʹ· ἐκ τούτων αἱ νῦν φυλαὶ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τὸ τῶν ἱερέων γένος ἀπεδείχθη, οἵ τε Ἑβραῖοι πάλαι λεγόμενοι Ἰουδαῖοι τότε προσηγορεύθησαν. 4. Καθ' ὃν χρόνον ἐγνωρίσθη παρ' Ἕλλησιν Ἡσίο δος ἀνὴρ σοφὸς, ὃς τὰ Ἀσσυρίων γράμματα εἰς Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσαν μετέβαλεν. Τότε δὲ καὶ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῶν Καρῶν ἐγένετό τις Ἐνδυμίων ὀνόματι, ὅστις διὰ μυστικῶν εὐχῶν ἀπὸ τῆς σελήνης ἐβούλετο μαθεῖν τὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ ὄνομα, καὶ δι' ὀνείρου μαθὼν ἀπέψυξε. Καὶ μῦθός ἐστι μέχρι τοῦ νῦν, τὸ τούτου λείψανον δονεῖσθαι κατὰ τὴν Καρῶν χώραν. Ὁ δὲ μῦθός φησιν αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῆς Σελήνης φιλεῖσθαι. 5. Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Αἴγυπτον πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ μέγαν γενόμενον. Ἰωσὴφ πρὸς τοὺς ρʹ γεγονὼς ἐνιαυτοὺς μετήλλαξε τὸν βίον. Λευὶ δὲ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἀβρακαὰδ, ὁ δὲ τὸν Ἄμρα, καὶ οὗτος τὸν Μωσέα καὶ τὸν Ἀαρών. Γίνεται δὲ ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπὶ Μωσέως ἔτη φεʹ, τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως Μωσέως ἔτη δσδʹ. Μωσῆς δὲ ἀναληφθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς θυγατρὸς Φαραὼ, ἐπαιδεύθη πᾶσαν σοφίαν Αἰγυπτίων· πʹ δὲ ἐνιαυτῶν γενόμενος ἀπῆρεν ἀπ' Αἰγύπτου, συλλαβὼν Ἰσραηλίτας, οὐ μείονας χʹ χιλιάδων ὄντας, μετὰ ἐνιαυτοὺς λςʹ, καὶ ἐπορεύθη διὰ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς φέρων καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ τοῦ Ἰωσήφ· μʹ δὲ ἔτη συμφιλοσοφήσας τῷ λαῷ τελευτᾷ ἐτῶν ρκʹ, διάδοχον Ἰησοῦν τὸν τοῦ Ναυῆ καταλιπών· ὃς διδάξας τὸν λαὸν ἔτη κζʹ ἀπέθανε χρόνων ὢν ιʹ καὶ ρʹ. Ἑξῆς δὲ κριταὶ διηγοῦνται τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. 12 Exc. Salmas.: Οἱ δυνάσται τῶν ἐθνῶν ὑπὸ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναυῆ διωκόμενοι, καὶ μὴ προσδεχθέντες παρ' Αἰγυπτίων, εἰς τὴν τῶν Ἄφρων χώραν μετοικήσαντες ἐπέγραψαν· «Ἡμεῖς ἐσμὲν